Mercer (surname)

Mercer is an English surname derived from the occupation of a mercer, or a merchant or trader, more specifically a merchant who deals in textiles / mercery.

People with the surname

Academics

• Asa Shinn Mercer, first president of the Territorial University of Washington and a member of the Washington State Senate
• James Mercer (mathematician), English mathematician
• Roger Mercer, British archaeologist

Actors, performers, presenters and producers

• Beryl Mercer, Spanish-born British actress
• Bill Mercer, American sportscaster
• Jack Mercer, American animator and voice actor
• Marian Mercer, award-winning American actress
• Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
• Phil Mercer, radio presenter on the BBC
• Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, television personality and political satirist
• Sam Mercer, film producer
• William (Rosko) Mercer (1927–2000), known as Rosko, American news announcer and disc jockey

Athletes and sports personalities

• Gary Mercer, New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
• Joe Mercer, English football player and manager
• Joe Mercer (jockey), English jockey
• Leroy Mercer, American football player.
• Mike Mercer (basketball), American basketball player
• Mike Mercer (American football), former American college and professional football player
• Ray Mercer, American professional boxer, former WBO World Heavyweight Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist
• Ron Mercer, American former basketball player at the University of Kentucky who also had a career in the National Basketball Association
• Tommy Mercer, American professional wrestler
• Win Mercer, pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1902

Literary figures

• Cecil William Mercer (1885–1960), British novelist who wrote under the pseudonym of Dornford Yates
• David Mercer (playwright), English playwright and dramatist
• Ilana Mercer, classical liberal writer, columnist, and blogger
• Jeremy Mercer, Canadian writer
• Mick Mercer, journalist and author
• William Mercer (poet) (c. 1605 – c. 1675), Scottish poet and army officer

Musicians

• James Mercer (musician), guitarist, lead singer and songwriter of the Shins
• Jerry Mercer, former drummer for the Canadian rock groups April Wine and Mashmakhan
• Johnny Mercer, American songwriter and singer
• Mabel Mercer, English-born cabaret singer
• Vic Mercer, better known as "Celph Titled", American rapper

Politicians and civil servants

• Charles F. Mercer, nineteenth century U.S. politician from Virginia
• David Henry Mercer, Nebraska Republican politician
• John Francis Mercer, American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland
• Patrick Mercer, politician in the United Kingdom
• William Thomas Mercer (1821–1879), British Colonial Secretary in Hong Kong, 1859–1868
• William W. Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana

Soldiers

• General Cavalié Mercer, British artillery officer and author of Journal of the Waterloo Campaign
• Hugh Mercer, physician, brigadier general in the Continental Army and a close friend to George Washington
• Hugh W. Mercer, officer in the United States Army and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War
• Malcolm Mercer, Canadian general, barrister and art patron
• Major Mercer of the Worcestershire horse, who played a prominent part on the Parliamentary side at the Battle of Worcester in 1651

Others

• George Mercer, rapist
• Henry Chapman Mercer, Pennsylvania archeologist, tile-maker, and designer of poured-concrete structures such as the Mercer Museum
• John Mercer (disambiguation)
• Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer, quadriplegic and American disability rights activist

Fictional characters

• Owen Mercer, in the DC Universe
• Wilbur Mercer, in Philip K. Dick's science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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